Barnwell with an article backing up that Thursday games actually aren't more "sloppy" than Sunday or Monday games, if "sloppy" is defined by turnovers and dropped passes. Average amount of turnovers is lower per game on Thurs than Sun/Mon as well as the percentage of plays that result in turnovers and drops on Thurs are the same as on Sun and less than Mon. Obviously you can define sloppy by other things (penalties, individuals running wrong plays, yardage, injuries, etc.), which he admits, but I found it interesting since the general consensus seems to be that Thursday games are by far the "sloppiest" of the games each week by any measure. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/78636/sloppy-night-football-on-thursdays-guess-again